8 years ago, we were thrilled with the healthy delivery of a beautiful little molly, from one of our Haflinger mares...we imprinted her daily for about a month...she grew into a gorgeous 14.2 mare mule! BUT, due to circumstances, we failed to get her trained for riding or work, until she was EIGHT years old...when she was about 7, we did alot of groundwork, saddling and actually sat on her, but never rode out. Finally this year, I found the perfect trainer, that worked with her and within 2 months, she became a wonderful mount!! I had originally bred my mares to get a matched pair of wagon mules and did have them, but lost the little horse mule, at 4 days old...(ChaCha survived)...after ChaCha was broke to ride, I began looking for a match to her. In March of this year, I found the perfect match in looks, age and size...brought home Mr. Leroy, an 8 year old john. After a long search, I found someone that agreed to train them to a wagon! Well, as of yesterday, he's had them for 6 weeks and they are absolutely perfect!! Never gave him any trouble and he actually took them on a 5 day wagon train, this last week!! Crossed creeks, traveled up and down hills, met logging trucks, motorcycles and four wheelers...no problems at all!! I'm just SO proud, I had to share!! Thanks for indulging me and my pride!! ;-)